Benjamin franklin baker



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TICKET CASE.

APPLICATION 'mw rta. 1s. 1'919A 1,309,173. u Patented July 8, 1919.

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EENJAMINTEANELIN BAKER, or sr. STEPHEN, NEw BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

TICKET-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed February 18, 1919. Serial No. 277,841.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it .known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BAKER, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at St. Stephen, in the Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Cases, of which the fol-- lowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to an improved ticket case 4and lia-sas its primary object to provide a device of this character particularly designed for carrying car tickets Vand so constructed that the tickets may be easily and quickly discharged one at a time from the case.

The invention has as a further object to provide a ticket case employing a. slidable ticket ejector and wherein pressure may beY manually brought to bear upon a pack of tickets within the case for pressing the uppermost ticket into contact with the ejector so that the ejector may thus be positively engaged with such ticket for ejecting said tic tet.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a device of this character which will be extremely simple in its construction while, at the same time, the device will prove thoroughly effective in use.

Other and incidental objects will appear during the course of the detailed description of the invention. In the drawings, vherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ticket case,

Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the device,

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the lid of the case open and particularly illustrating the mounting of the ticket ejector employed.

Fig. l is a transverse sectional view of the device, and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a preferably oblong case body 10. This case body may be formed of sheet metal or other approved material and may, of course, be varied in size to suit the requirements of different sized tickets. Formed through the bottom wall of the case body is, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

an oblong opening 11 which extends throughout theniajor portion of the arca of said wall and normallyjclosing this opening is false bottoni 12 loosely litted within the case body. Adjacent one end, this false bottoni is provided with a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending ribs 13 projecting downwardly therefrom through the opening 11. The purpose of these ribs will presently appear. At its upper edge one end wall of the casebody is provided with a discharge slot 111. A

Normally closing the case body 10 is a lid 15 therefor. This lid may also be formed from a piece of sheet metal and, at its rear edge, is provided with a series of hinge lugs mating with a similar series of hinge lugs at the upper edge of the rear wall of the case bedy and connected therewith by a suitable pivot pin. N rnially holding the lid closed is an approved catch 16. Raised from the lid medially thereof is a longitudinally extending channel 17 in which is formed a slot 18 and slidably mounted within said channel is an ejector 19. The ejector is in the nature of a flat resilient plate provided at its forward end with downwardly and forwardly directed teeth 20 and mounted upon the upper side of said plate is a thumb piece 21 freely received through the slot 18. The thumb piece is, as particularly shown in Fig, 5, detachably connected with the ejector plate and, at its ends, is formed to overhang the channel 17 at opposite sides of the slot 18 slidably connecting the ejector with the In use, a pack of tickets is placed within4 the case body resting upon the false bottom 12, when the lid is closed. The tickets will thus be housed within and elfectually protected by the case. To eject a ticket, the case may be grasped in one hand of the operator as, for instance, the right hand, so that the thumb may be rested upon the thumb piece 21. The forefinger is then extended beneath the case to engage the false bottom 12 at its forward end, the ribs 13 being provided so as to furnish an effective purchase for the finger. The forward end of the false bottom is then pressed upwardly against the pack of tickets within the case body so that the forward end portion of the uppermost ticket will be flexed upwardly in front of the teeth 20 of the ejector. Consequently, by then shifting the ejector forwardly with the thumb, the ejector will be caused to engage the uppenmost ticket and project said ticket throughthe discharge slot 14 from the case when the outer end of the ticket may be grasped and the' ticket thus finally removed from the case. It will accordingly be seen that I employy a construction whereby a positive; feed for the tickets is provided, since, in the event the ejector shouldr fail to engage the uppermost ticket vat the time the ejector is initially moved forwardly, said ejector maybe Yreturned to its original position and the upward pressure upon the' pack of tickets increased so that upon again shifting the ejector forwardly, the uppermost ticket will be projected from the case. However, eXtreme upward pressure should not be'A brought to bear upon the pack of tickets since this would result in ngptilation or crinkling of Athe uppermost ticket *by* the ejector.

Having thus described the invention, what v'is claimed as new is:

ygageable for-`pressing the false bottom upwardly within the case bodyandv holding a ticket thereinv against the ejector.

In testimony whereof- I aHX my signature.

B. FRANKLIN BAKER. [n s] Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the vCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

